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FactCheck.org→ Cruz Distorts Nominees’ Defund Police Positions
Sen. Ted Cruz has falsely tried to label “every single” Senate Democrat as “supporting abolishing the police,” based on a misleading interpretation of the words of two of President Joe Biden’s nominees. Both nominees said in confirmation
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci ‘Project Manager’ Did NOT Confess To Creating COVID-19
Did Dr. Anthony Fauci's "project manager" confess to creating COVID-19? No, that's not true: The claim is based on an old interview with Dr. Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, a global environmental health organization. The vi
Snopes→ Did ‘Saw’ Take Place the Day Before 9/11?
The movie was released in 2004 and is set in a fictional city.
Snopes→ Did the Baby Lisa Kudrow Carried in ‘Friends’ Graduate From College in 2021?
The actor's pregnancy with her son, Julian, played a major role in the plot of two seasons of the show.
Snopes→ McConnell Hits ‘Pause’ on Dems Effort to Create Jan. 6 Panel
Senate Republicans are signaling that they will try to block — or at least slow down — a Democratic effort to create a 9/11-style commission on the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Snopes→ Did Scientists Find Mushrooms on Mars?
Let us review again the difference between a preprint study and peer-reviewed study.
Snopes→ Amazon to Extend Pause on Police Use of Facial Recognition
Amazon said that it will extend its ban on police use of its face-recognition technology beyond the one-year pause it announced in 2020.
Snopes→ Biden Moving to Improve Legal Services for Poor, Minorities
President Joe Biden plans to take executive action to ensure minorities, low-income Americans and others have better access to quality legal representation after services dwindled during the Trump administration.
Truth or Fiction?→ Lauren Boebert ‘Mugshot’ Tweet
On May 17 2021, Imgur u/wheezer18 shared a Twitter screenshot with a purported mugshot of Rep. Lauren Boebert, in a post that also said, “Shameless repost. Cause fuck her. She’s an asshat”: Although the date was cropped out of the screen
Snopes→ Lights Go On During ‘Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey’ Ride, Videos Show
"The magic is ruined," one guest joked aboard the ride after it broke it down at Universal Studios Hollywood.
Snopes→ Webby Awards Go to Fauci, Oprah, DuVernay and Pharrell
The Webby Person of the Year went to Fauci for using digital and social media to reach the masses with credible and factual COVID-19 information.
Snopes→ Did Ariana Grande Get Married?
The pop star announced her engagement to Dalton Gomez in December 2020.
Snopes→ Biden Boosting World Vaccine Sharing Commitment to 80M Doses
President Joe Biden said that the U.S. will share an additional 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines with the world in the coming six weeks as domestic demand for shots drops and global disparities in distribution have grown more evident.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White County Sheriff And Beebe Police In Arkansas Did NOT Issue Amber Alert For Purported Kidnapped And Missing 8-Year-Old Girl
Did the White County Sheriff and Beebe Police Department in Arkansas issue an Amber Alert for a kidnapped and missing 8-year-old girl? No, that's not true. A little girl did go missing in the town on May 13, 2021, but she was found "withi
AFP Fact Check→ Photo of weeping Palestinian girl is not from latest conflict
A photo of a distraught Palestinian girl clutching her books following “the Israeli bombing” has been shared on social media during the current conflict in Gaza. But the image is a seven-year-old picture captured in the territory by Fadi Thabet
Snopes→ Are Frankie and Marta From ‘School of Rock’ a Real-Life Couple?
The former child actors who co-starred in the 2003 comedy film starring Jack Black were rumored to be dating in real life.
Snopes→ Charles Grodin, ‘Midnight Run,’ ‘Heartbreak Kid,’ Star, Dies
Grodin appeared in a string of notable films from the 1970s onward, including “Midnight Run,” “The Woman in Red” and “Heaven Can Wait.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Electric Cars In Storage Lot Were NOT Abandoned Due To Battery Problems
Are hundreds of electric cars sitting in a lot near Paris because of failed battery systems and barriers to repair? And are these stockpiled electric cars now leaking battery toxins into the ground? No, that's not true: These photos are a
Snopes→ Did Lea Salonga Say She Was Rejected From a Role for Being Asian?
Salonga's powerhouse vocals have made her a household name.
Snopes→ Did an Octopus Throw a Spoiled Shrimp at Its Handler?
We call that a tale with a twist.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kit Kat Did NOT Release Diagonally Cut Candy Bar For Pride Month
Did Kit Kat release a diagonally cut, "not straight" candy bar to celebrate Pride Month? No, that's not true: the manufacturers of Kit Kat candy bars (the Hershey Company in the United States and Nestlé around in the world) confirmed wit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Biden Groping White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki
Did Joe Biden grope Jen Psaki's breasts? No, that's not true: this is a photoshopped revision of an image that had already been photoshopped. The original photo, from a 2013 holiday party, does not show Biden groping a woman's breasts. Th
Snopes→ Prosecutor Says Deputies Justified in Shooting of Andrew Brown
A North Carolina prosecutor said that sheriff’s deputies were justified in fatally shooting Andrew Brown Jr. because he ignored their commands and endangered at least two of them when he drove his car toward them.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Colonial Pipeline Was Shut Down Over Fears About Billing Customers’ Rumor
On May 17 2021, a headline screenshot appeared on Imgur with the claim that the May 2021 Colonial Pipeline cyberattack shutdown occurred because its owner wanted to ensure they would still “get paid”: That post included an undated (“
AFP Fact Check→ Rio Grande levee repairs not a resumption of Trump border wall
Social media posts claim that President Joe Biden’s administration is continuing construction of his predecessor’s border wall. But while the US government is repairing damage to the Rio Grande Valley flood levee caused by border wall work, officia
Snopes→ The History of Sneakers: From Commodity to Cultural Icon
Sneakers, once the symbol of athleticism, have transcended their primary function to become commercial and fashionable objects of desire.
Full Fact→ No evidence Sir David Attenborough made viral comments about HS2
A viral Facebook post has attributed a comment about a tree being felled for HS2 construction to broadcaster Sir David Attenborough. Similar posts, which appear to quote Sir David comparing the age of a tree to historic events such as the first p
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines were tested in animals and clinical trials before receiving authorization; vaccinated people aren’t dying at a higher rate than unvaccinated people
REVIEW Video clips of a Texas Senate Committee meeting on 6 May 2021 showing an exchange on COVID-19 vaccine safety between U.S. Senator Bob Hall and pediatrician Angelina Farella, went viral on multiple social media platforms, including Facebook, I
Logically→ The Trident hotel in Mumbai’s Nariman Point collapsed due to storm Tauktae.
An old video from Medina in Saudi Arabia has been used to circulate a false claim that the Trident hotel in Mumbai is damaged.
Full Fact→ Trade data doesn’t show we knew about Covid in 2018
An Instagram post shows a screenshot of data on Covid-19 test exports dating from 2018, suggesting the disease was known about before it was reported to have emerged in late 2019. This is not true and the confusion arises due to the fact that the websi
AFP Fact Check→ Nigerian separatist leader falsely claims photos of president meeting French counterpart are doctored
Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu has claimed that photos showing President Muhammadu Buhari meeting his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris on May 17, 2021, were manipulated. But the claim is false: there is no evidence suggesting the i
Full Fact→ Covid-19 vaccines haven’t caused 3,362 deaths in America
An Instagram post has claimed that the Covid-19 vaccines have killed 3,362 people in less than four months. This is roughly the number of deaths reported in the US following Covid-19 vaccination between December 2020 and April 2021, but there&rsq
Snopes→ Who is Eligible for the Expanded Child Tax Credit?
The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act included measures to help low- to moderate-income families cover new expenses or job losses.
Full Fact→ Fake missing child reports used to scam Facebook users
Posts reporting the disappearance of a girl called Ellie Morrad have been circulating on Facebook. One post says she went missing in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. But another says she went missing in Porthmadog in north west Wales. The photo accompan
Full Fact→ Claims about teeth whitening inquiries don’t add up
The Mail on Sunday, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People newspapers have reported that Londoners are the “most likely” people in the country to search for teeth whitening treatments. The figures used do not adjust for population, which mea
AFP Fact Check→ This image of the Giza Pyramids lit with the Palestinian flag is doctored
Images of Egypt's Pyramids of Giza lit with the colours of the Palestinian flag have been shared thousands of times on social media alongside claims that this was done as a tribute to Palestine. The photos appeared as fresh violence erupted between
Snopes→ No, Biden Did Not Grope Psaki During Job Interview
A demeaning doctored photo was shared in an apparent attempt to smear the White House press secretary and President Joe Biden.
AllSides→ Did the NIAID Fund Research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/fauci-paul-niaid-research-funding During a Senate hearing on May 11
The Dispatch→ Does a Viral Photo Show a Young Palestinian Girl Crying After an Israeli Strike?
An image that has gone viral on social media purportedly shows a young girl crying while carrying an armful of books after an Israeli bombing. For the last week, Hamas has been firing rockets into Israel, and Israel has responded with attacks on Hamas